Word: rivers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...least, and probably longer. James Chatters, an anthropologist based in Kennewick, Washington, could tell that much from just a quick examination of the cranium and broken jawbone the coroner brought him last July. But Chatters wanted to know more. So he went to the banks of the Columbia River, where two college students had come across the skull, and managed to find most of the skeleton. The arm and leg bones suggested that the dead man came from genetic stock very different from that of the Indians who have lived in that part of the country for centuries. Chatters figured...
...makes me sad to think that I am not supposed to plan any late night ice cream breaks without making sure that there is someone to walk home with me. Sometimes, just to defy this pervasive ethos of fear, I consider taking a late night stroll along the river. Before I even get my shoes on, though, I hear some voice of authority reminding me of that annoying story of the boy who cuts off his nose...and I sit back down in my room, feeling powerless and frustrated at a world in which I can't take a walk...
...there and in here, and the culture of fear and mistrust that pervades our society, we can find a way to be both aware and relaxed, cautious of the dangers and at ease with our surroundings. And then maybe we'll stroll together some late evening along the river...
...Students founded the Harvard Alliance for Safety Training and Education, (HASTE) last October after a Cambridge woman was raped in broad daylight on the banks of the Charles. With Undergraduate Council support, HASTE became an independent campus organization and coordinated safety outreaches like the widely publicized Take Back the River...
...suburbs on Friday afternoons, we cannot escape. Those who live in the Quad are slightly luckier, because the Cambridge Common provides a physical break from the academic world, but even they are subject to the ebb tide of Hilles Library and the distant yet powerful influence of the river...